Smile Identity

Smile Identity (Smile ID) is Africa's leading digital identity verification, fraud detection, AML and KYC/KYB compliance platform. Its V3 REST API and v12 mobile/web SDKs let businesses onboard and authenticate users across all 54 African countries and beyond, covering thousands of ID types and documents. Products include Biometric KYC, Document Verification, Enhanced Document Verification, Basic and Enhanced KYC, Business Verification (KYB), SmartSelfie registration/authentication/compare, phone and address verification, and AML monitoring. Verifications run against government and institutional data sources, with passive/active liveness, and results delivered synchronously and via asynchronous callback webhooks.

Smile Identity publishes 12 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Authentication API, Biometric Authentication API, Biometric Enrollment API, and 9 more. Tagged areas include Company, Identity Verification, KYC, KYB, and Biometrics.

The Smile Identity catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Smile Identity’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, signup flow, pricing, changelog, and 25 more developer resources.

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49.8/100 developing ▲ 5.0 Agent 28/100 agent aware Front door AI 3/6 light saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

1 published contract

Company Identity Verification KYC KYB Biometrics Liveness Detection Document Verification AML Fraud Prevention Compliance Onboarding Africa

Kin Score

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scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

Composite quality — 49.8/100 · developing

Contract Quality 10.8 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 7.1 / 15

Access Clarity 4.7 / 15

Operational Transparency 2.6 / 10

Contract Governance 4.5 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.5 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
RegTech, AML/KYC and Money Transmission	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

APIs 12

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Smile Identity Authentication API

The Authentication API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for authentication.

Smile Identity Biometric Authentication API

The Biometric Authentication API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for biometric authentication.

Smile Identity Biometric Enrollment API

The Biometric Enrollment API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for biometric enrollment.

Smile Identity Biometric KYC API

The Biometric KYC API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for biometric kyc.

Smile Identity Callback Replay API

The Callback Replay API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for callback replay.

Smile Identity Document Verification API

The Document Verification API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for document verification.

Smile Identity Enhanced Document Verification API

The Enhanced Document Verification API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for enhanced document verification.

Smile Identity Enhanced KYC API

The Enhanced KYC API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for enhanced kyc.

Smile Identity Services API

The Services API from Smile Identity — 4 operation(s) for services.

Smile Identity Smart Selfie Compare API

The Smart Selfie Compare API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for smart selfie compare.

Smile Identity Users API

The Users API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for users.

Smile Identity Verification Status API

The Verification Status API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for verification status.

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Open Collections 13

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Smile ID V3 Authentication API

OPEN COLLECTION

Smile ID V3 Authentication Biometric Authentication API

OPEN COLLECTION

Smile ID V3 Authentication Biometric Enrollment API

OPEN COLLECTION

Smile ID V3 Authentication Biometric KYC API

OPEN COLLECTION

Smile ID V3 Authentication Callback Replay API

OPEN COLLECTION

Smile ID V3 Authentication Document Verification API

OPEN COLLECTION

Smile ID V3 Authentication Enhanced Document Verification API

OPEN COLLECTION

Smile ID V3 Authentication Enhanced KYC API

OPEN COLLECTION

Smile ID V3 Authentication Services API

OPEN COLLECTION

Smile ID V3 Authentication Smart Selfie Compare API

OPEN COLLECTION

Smile ID V3 Authentication Users API

OPEN COLLECTION

Smile ID V3 Authentication Verification Status API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Smile Identity Verification Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Smile Identity — api reference rules

1 rules · 1 errors

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Smile Identity V3 Overlay

3 actions · update · smile-identity-v3-openapi.json

UNRECORDED

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Smile Identity Authentication

apiKey/http · 4 schemes

SECURITY

Smile Identity Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Smile Identity Agentic Access

15 operations · 10 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

SignUp

Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 8

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

ErrorCatalog

Conventions

Lifecycle

Webhooks

Conformance

Components

DataModel

SpectralRules

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Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

Postman

Packages

SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: smile-identity
name: Smile Identity
description: Smile Identity (Smile ID) is Africa's leading digital identity verification, fraud detection, AML and KYC/KYB
  compliance platform. Its V3 REST API and v12 mobile/web SDKs let businesses onboard and authenticate users across all 54
  African countries and beyond, covering thousands of ID types and documents. Products include Biometric KYC, Document Verification,
  Enhanced Document Verification, Basic and Enhanced KYC, Business Verification (KYB), SmartSelfie registration/authentication/compare,
  phone and address verification, and AML monitoring. Verifications run against government and institutional data sources,
  with passive/active liveness, and results delivered synchronously and via asynchronous callback webhooks.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/smile-identity/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  - sandbox
  - url: https://usesmileid.com
    status: 301
    note: declared website redirects to https://smile.id/ — a different registrable domain (usesmileid.com -> smile.id), possible
      rename or acquisition (probed 2026-09-03, roadmap#169)
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/69cecfcd51ce55fce000c092/6a198a55c9d40279f94b33a4_Smile-Favicon.png
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
x-docs-platform: gitbook
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-04
tags:
- Company
- Identity Verification
- KYC
- KYB
- Biometrics
- Liveness Detection
- Document Verification
- AML
- Fraud Prevention
- Compliance
- Onboarding
- Africa
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- aid: smile-identity:smile-identity-authentication-api
  name: Smile Identity Authentication API
  description: The Authentication API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for authentication.
  humanURL: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.smileidentity.com
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/smile-identity-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
- aid: smile-identity:smile-identity-biometric-authentication-api
  name: Smile Identity Biometric Authentication API
  description: The Biometric Authentication API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for biometric authentication.
  humanURL: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.smileidentity.com
  tags:
  - Biometric Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/smile-identity-biometric-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
- aid: smile-identity:smile-identity-biometric-enrollment-api
  name: Smile Identity Biometric Enrollment API
  description: The Biometric Enrollment API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for biometric enrollment.
  humanURL: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.smileidentity.com
  tags:
  - Biometric Enrollment
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/smile-identity-biometric-enrollment-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
- aid: smile-identity:smile-identity-biometric-kyc-api
  name: Smile Identity Biometric KYC API
  description: The Biometric KYC API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for biometric kyc.
  humanURL: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.smileidentity.com
  tags:
  - Biometric KYC
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/smile-identity-biometric-kyc-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
- aid: smile-identity:smile-identity-callback-replay-api
  name: Smile Identity Callback Replay API
  description: The Callback Replay API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for callback replay.
  humanURL: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.smileidentity.com
  tags:
  - Callback Replay
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/smile-identity-callback-replay-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
- aid: smile-identity:smile-identity-document-verification-api
  name: Smile Identity Document Verification API
  description: The Document Verification API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for document verification.
  humanURL: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.smileidentity.com
  tags:
  - Document Verification
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/smile-identity-document-verification-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
- aid: smile-identity:smile-identity-enhanced-document-verification-api
  name: Smile Identity Enhanced Document Verification API
  description: The Enhanced Document Verification API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for enhanced document verification.
  humanURL: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.smileidentity.com
  tags:
  - Enhanced Document Verification
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/smile-identity-enhanced-document-verification-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
- aid: smile-identity:smile-identity-enhanced-kyc-api
  name: Smile Identity Enhanced KYC API
  description: The Enhanced KYC API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for enhanced kyc.
  humanURL: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.smileidentity.com
  tags:
  - Enhanced KYC
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/smile-identity-enhanced-kyc-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
- aid: smile-identity:smile-identity-services-api
  name: Smile Identity Services API
  description: The Services API from Smile Identity — 4 operation(s) for services.
  humanURL: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.smileidentity.com
  tags:
  - Services
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/smile-identity-services-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
- aid: smile-identity:smile-identity-smart-selfie-compare-api
  name: Smile Identity Smart Selfie Compare API
  description: The Smart Selfie Compare API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for smart selfie compare.
  humanURL: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.smileidentity.com
  tags:
  - Smart Selfie Compare
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/smile-identity-smart-selfie-compare-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
- aid: smile-identity:smile-identity-users-api
  name: Smile Identity Users API
  description: The Users API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for users.
  humanURL: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.smileidentity.com
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/smile-identity-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
- aid: smile-identity:smile-identity-verification-status-api
  name: Smile Identity Verification Status API
  description: The Verification Status API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for verification status.
  humanURL: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.smileidentity.com
  tags:
  - Verification Status
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/smile-identity-verification-status-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
common:
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/smile-identity-v3-overlay.yaml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/smile-identity-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://usesmileid.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://portal.usesmileid.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.usesmileid.com
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.usesmileid.com/api-reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.usesmileid.com/getting-started/run-your-first-test-job
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/smileidentity
- type: Blog
  url: https://usesmileid.com/blog
- type: SignUp
  url: https://portal.usesmileid.com
- type: Pricing
  url: https://usesmileid.com/pricing
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://usesmileid.com/legal/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://usesmileid.com/legal/terms-and-conditions
- type: Postman
  url: https://docs.usesmileid.com/integration-options/rest-api/postman-collections
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://docs.usesmileid.com/developer-resources/overview/changelog
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/smile-identity-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/smile-identity-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/smile-identity-packages.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/smile-identity-authentication.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/smile-identity-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/smile-identity-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/smile-identity-lifecycle.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/smile-identity-verification-webhooks.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/smile-identity-conformance.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/smile-identity-sandbox.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/smile-identity-components.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/smile-identity-data-model.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/smile-identity-changelog.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/smile-identity-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/smile-identity-agentic-access.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: SpectralRules
  url: https://github.com/smileidentity/api-reference/blob/ee22a25c4c7b9e433e4fb5422f305b30773a8c2b/.spectral.yaml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 23
  pass: local-v1

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